Shabazz, Betty

LC control no.	nr 95005365
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Shabazz, Betty *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Sanders, Betty Jean X, Betty
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Lansing (Mich.)
Located	Tuskegee (Ala.) New York (N.Y.) Jersey City (N.J.) Amherst (Mass.) Mount Vernon (Westchester County, N.Y.)
Birth date	1935-05-28
Death date	1997-06-23
Place of birth	Detroit (Mich.)
Place of death	Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Affiliation	Tuskegee Institute Brooklyn State Hospital Jersey City State College University of Massachusetts Amherst
Found in	Malcolm X speeches and interviews collection, [1960-1964] [SR]: sound cassette (Betty Shabazz) Kaiser index to blk resources, 1992: v. 4, p. 318 (Betty Shabazz) Ww among Blk Americans, 1994/5: p. 1312 (Betty Shabazz; educational administrator, activist) Ww among African Americans, 11th ed.: p. 1479 (Shabazz, Betty; b. May 28, 1936, Detroit, MI, d. June 23, 1997, Bronx, NY) Wikipedia, Oct. 13, 2007 (Betty Shabazz (b. Betty Jean Sanders) (May 28, 1936-June 23, 1997), also known as Betty X, was the wife of Malcolm X) African American women, 1993: pages 449-450 (Betty (Sanders) Shabazz; born in Detroit, Michigan, then attended Tuskegee Institute, then moved to New York to attend the Brooklyn State Hospital School of Nursing where she was introduced to the Nation of Islam religion. She quickly converted, changed her name to Sister Betty X and became a teacher and organizer of classes for women in the Nation of Islam's mosques Married Malcolm X in Lansing, Michigan in 1958 and with him, converted to being a Sunni Muslim in 1964, where she became Mrs. Betty Shabazz. She and four of their six children witnessed her husband's assassination in February 1965. Completed her BA in public health education and was certified as a school nurse at Jersey City State College. In 1975 she earned her PhD from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Lived in Mount Vernon, New York.)
Associated language	eng